Kris
Roth (actor/assistant director) earned an
AA from Montgomery College in 2001 where she studied acting and
directing and where she independently read, researched and wrote
about literary and dramatic arts. In the Washington area she has
performed for Cherry Red Productions, Momentum Dance Theatre,
Venus Theatre and Montgomery College in Takoma Park and Rockville.
As Shortstaxx--her burlesque alter-ego—she is a featured
act at The Palace of Wonders' Weirdo Show and has performed with
Trixie Little and the Evil Hate Monkey, The LobsterBoy Revue,
the DC Gurly Show and at special events such as the DC Art Fair
and Glitterama! Glitterama! Glitterama! for Fluid Movement in
Baltimore. She began training with Theatre Du Jour in 1998 and
has performed in Poor Oedipus, The Shadow, Last Minute, Ritual
Play, and Self Accusation. She also worked as Assistant Director
for There Is No More Firmament and directed Zoo Story.

B.
Stanley (director) started acting at the
age of 10 and continued to act in and direct plays through high
school. He attended the BFA program at the University of North
Carolina at Greensboro, and founded Theatre Du Jour in Washington,
DC in 1982. An actor, director, pedagogue, puppeteer, and performance
artist, he has performed with The Living Theatre, Theatre Du Jour,
Protean Forms Collective, The Hungry Fetus, The Puppet Company,
Guillermo Gomez Pena, Cherry Red Productions and a myriad of unusual
solo performances with his puppet, Ubu. From 1989 - 1993 he trained
under Ingemar Lindh at the Institute for Scenkonst (Institute
for Scenic Art) in Pontremoli, Italy, where his roles ranged from
directing and acting to light design and pedagogy. He directs
the performances of several poets, including Silvana Straw and
Quique Aviles, creating performances combining literature, acting
and multimedia. He is currently artistic/executive director of
the District of Columbia Arts Center in Washington, DC, where
Theater Du Jour trains and presents many of their works. He has
directed every Theatre Du Jour performance except The Pig and
Zoo Story, and performed in Bigger Than Life, Go, Blindness From
Looking Too Hard at the Sun, Five Count, Ubu Cuckolded, Pygmalion,
The Shadow, Poor Oedipus, Purlie Victorious and Zoo Story.

Jerry
Herbilla (actor) began working with Theatre
Du Jour in 2006 and has performed in There Is No More Firmament,
Self Accusation, and Zoo Story. Amongst his main hobbies are music,
the bar and talking high and mighty about stuff but never really
doing anything.

Rachel
Reed (actor/assistant director) has performed
with several Washington, DC area groups, including Fraudulent
Productions. She worked with Theatre Du Jour from 1996 through
1998, performing in Tower of Babel and Ubu Cuckolded. She returned
in 2005 and resumed training, appearing in There Is No More Firmament,
and assistant directing Self Accusation. She and her boyfriend
spend most of their free time caring for five cats. Her grandmother
calls her Kotki Matka—“Cat’s Mother”—in
Polish.

Jacquelyn Paulin (actor)
began working in earnest with Theatre Du Jour in 2012 and has performed in
Nightmerica, Sandra and Salvador Rosa and To Have Done With The Judgement Of
God. However, she first worked with the group as assistant director on The
Shadow in 2002. In addition to her training with the group, she provides
multimedia and research production support.

Annetta Dexter Sawyer (actor)
came to the theatre via her training as a youth with L'Ente del Opera - a
theatre arts conservatory in Verona, Italy. During the 80's-90's she created
comic/tragic works dealing with her personal experience. She performed in
Sandra and Salvador Rosa, The Mad: A Fracking Fairytale, and To Have Done
With The Judgement Of God As dancer, clown, bouffon, & performance artist
she feels Theatre Du Jour is a perfect fit for her interest in physical
theatre, comic absurdity, satire, & poetic imagery.

Theatre
Du Jour past members:

Valerie S.S. Taylor (technician, costume designer)
worked with Theatre Du Jour from 1983 – 1987 handling light
and sound both at home and on the road. She worked on Bigger Than
Life, Go, Compilations 1 – 5, and Blindness From Looking
Too Hard At The Sun, for which she designed and created the extraordinary
costumes.

Michael Horsley (technician) worked with Theatre
Du Jour in 1986 – 87 as light and sound technician for Blindness
From Looking Too Hard At The Sun.

Jenifer B. Deal (actor) worked with Theatre Du
Jour from 1993 – 1994, performing in Tower of Babel and
Five Count.

Anders Kallstigen (actor) worked with Theatre
Du Jour in 1993, performing in Tower of Babel.

Petra Vogt (actor) worked with Theatre Du Jour
in 1993, performing in Tower of Babel.

Kenneth Plant (musician) played Soprano Saxophone,
Alto Saxophone, Clarinet and Bass Clarinet live with each performance
of Blindness From Looking Too Hard At The Sun, 1985 – 1987.

Daniel
C. Awkward, Jr. (actor) began his work with Theatre Du
Jour in 1995 with The Spurt of Blood, and continued until 2003,
performing in Tower of Babel, Pygmalion, Poor Oedipus, The Shadow,
and Last Minute.

Joe
(Ajax) Drayton (intern) worked with Theatre Du Jour from
1984 into 1985 and contributed during performances of Blindness
from Looking Too Hard At The Sun.

Amy
Driesler (actor) worked with Theatre Du Jour from 1995
until 1997, performing in The Spurt of Blood, Tower of Babel,
and Ubu Cuckolded. She was in the company that performed at the
Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 1996.

Tina
K. Frantz (actor) worked with Theatre Du Jour from 1995
until 1996, performing in The Spurt of Blood and Tower of Babel.
She was in the company that performed at the Edinburgh Fringe
Festival in 1996.

George
Kaperonis (actor/writer/co-founder) was a major component
of Theatre Du Jour from its beginning in 1982 through 1987. The
early performances of the group were his short plays, poems and
songs combined to create the larger, named performances. He wrote
and performed in Bigger Than Life, Go, Blindness From Looking
Too Hard At The Sun, and Compilations 1 – 4.

Becky
Kemper (actor) worked with Theatre Du Jour from 1995
until 1997, performing in The Spurt of Blood, Tower of Babel,
and Ubu Cuckolded. She was in the company that performed at the
Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 1996.

Martha
Mendenhall (actor) started work with Theatre Du Jour
with The Spurt of Blood in 1995 and continued, with breaks, until
2004. She performed in Poor Oedipus, The Shadow, and contributed
to the creation of Ritual Play.

Lisa
Miscio (assistant director/technician) started with Theatre
Du Jour in 1985 as assistant director and technician for The Spurt
of Blood; in 1998 she returned to work on Pygmalion and in 1999
directed The Pig. In 2001 and 2002 returned again to work as technician
on Poor Oedipus and The Shadow.